Justification:E. dahurica is more restricted in range than other Central Asian species of Ephedra. Further monitoring is required to establish the status of the population as there are few known collections.There are no apparent major threats in the region so a rating of Least Concern is given.

Known to be represented in one botanic garden, but no collections are known to have been made for ex situ conservation purposes. It is only known from a small number of collections with imprecise location information so it is not certain whether populations occur within protected areas.